by UUAvl-WebAdmin | May 4, 2015 | Sermons
Rev. Mark Ward, Lead Minister When times are hard, the first response that many of us make is to withdraw or close down, to find a way to remove ourselves from the conflict or difficulty. But often the healthiest thing we can do is to do our best to stay open and...
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Apr 30, 2015 | Weekly Message
Just over a week ago, I spent the weekend at the Campaign for Southern Equality’s second annual “LGBT in the South” conference. The conference was attended by nearly 500 people from all across the south. I was a lead volunteer this year, responsible for...
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Apr 20, 2015 | Sermons
Rev. Mark Ward, Lead Minister Want to grow? You’ll need to get your hands dirty. At this multigenerational service we explore some of the lessons that the soil teaches us about supporting and sustaining life.
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Apr 16, 2015 | Weekly Message
One of my favorite UU sermons includes this gem from Reverend Dr. Patrick T O Neill, First Parish Unitarian Universal Church in Framingham, MA: Among the most accomplished and fabled tribes of Africa, no tribe was considered to have more warriors more fearsome or more...
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Apr 13, 2015 | Sermons
Rev. Mark Ward, Lead Minister My wife, Debbie, has begun a new practice when we go out on our walks. Periodically, she’ll just stop and jump. She’s not jumping over or onto anything in particular – just jumping, for the sake of jumping. She started this after reading...
